Albert assmann



ALBERT ASSMANN, OF RAIIWAY, NEW JERSEY.

' Leters Patent No. 74,033, elated February 4, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP-LIGHTER.

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TO ALL WIIOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ALBERT ASSMANN, of Rahway, in the county of Union,and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Street-LampLighter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of' this specification, in which- Figure Irepresents a. side view, partly in section, of my invention.

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view of' the upper part of the saine,showing a modification in its construction.

Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new device for lighting lanterns in streets,publie buildings, railroad-depots, er wherever a large numbcrof` lightsare arranged too high to be reached without the use of a ladder orlonglighter.

'The invention consists in attaching the lamp or light to the upper endof a pole of suitable length, and in arranging the pole and lamp withina tubular enclosure. lne light can thus be drawn into the tube when itis not used, and is pushed out when used to light a lantern.

The object of the invention is to protect the light from the wind ordraught while it'is being carried from one lantern to another.

A represents the pole or handle of the device. Upon its upper end restsa lamp or reservoir, B, or a case for holding a candle or other light. lis a tubular shell, fitting around a part of the pole A, and around thereservoir I3, and having a cap, a, screwed or fastenednpon its upperend, to prevent the lampi'roin falling out. In the lower part ofthe tubeC is a slot, In, through which a pin, c, on the handle A, fits, so thatwhen the tube C is moved up and down on the handle, its motion will beguided and its stroke eoniined by the slot b and pin c. The lamp orlight, when drawn in, as in tig. 1, is quite concealed in the shell C,which is perforated with s m'all draught-holes, LZ d, to conduct oxygento the flame. The upper p-.xit of the shell C may also, if desired, bemade of glass, as shown at c, in fig. 2. The shell may be widened aroundthe light, as shown, and may have the holes d at any suitable place. 4Onthe upper part ofthe shell, C, are arranged brackets 'or wrenches, ff,for opening the gas-cocks.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The pole A, light B, and tube C, when arranged as described, incombination with the wrenches or brackets f," all made and operatingsubstantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

ALBERT ASSLWIANN.

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMAnA, i ALEX. F. Renners.

